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Culture Course

Samskritam (Sanskrit) a short introduction

To gain an understanding of:-

  • The sanskrit sound system and script
  • Basic vocabulary - things, animals, numbers, etc ...
  • Simple conversational sentences
  • Nouns, pronouns, numbers, gender, case etc
  • Verbs - tenses, moods, participals etc ...
  • Sentence structures
  • Adjectives and adverbs
  • Saandhi -ellision and scansion variations in pronounciation when words are spolken together
  • Simple subhashitinis. These are wise sayings or proverbs relating to correct action in life
  • Simple prose reading and comprehension
  • Simple word building and the compounding of words.
  • The derivation and importance of the names of common yogasana.

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